2nd Annual “Taste of KU Dining” Sampling Event for KU Faculty and Staff

July 23, 2014 (LAWRENCE, Kan.) – KU Dining Services will present the second annual “Taste of KU Dining,” a free event for KU faculty and staff. The event will be held at the Kansas Union Ballroom, 1301 Jayhawk Boulevard, on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, from 4:00-5:30 p.m.

All KU faculty and staff are invited to attend the event in appreciation of their service to the University and to receive important information about benefits available to them for dining options on campus. No RSVP is required. The event will offer faculty and staff an array of food and beverage samples representing all KU Dining retail and residential facilities. Included among the offerings will be redfish macque choux from Impromptu, breakfast quesadilla from The Market, smokey pulled pork slider from Mrs. E’s, tofu vegan buffalo wrap from North College Cafe, chorizo taco burger from Oliver Dining, southern pecan crème flavored coffee from The Roasterie Coffee Shops, Café Spice tamale from The Underground and many more.

Information will also be available at the event about the discounted KU Cuisine Faculty/Staff Dining Plan. The Plan offers the convenience of access to all 22 KU Dining retail and residential locations plus flexibility, selection and substantial savings.

Employees may take advantage of the KU Cuisine Faculty/Staff Dining Plan benefit by adding KU Cuisine Cash to their KU Cards. Adding as little as $45 gets a bonus $5 value immediately, usable at any KU Dining Services location. Participating faculty and staff then save an additional 10% off at the all-you-care-to-eat Residential Dining Centers (Mrs. E’s at Ekdahl Dining Center in Lewis Hall, Oliver Dining, or North College Café at GSP Hall). Plan participants may host University-affiliated guests such as students or colleagues at any KU Dining retail or residential location.

KU Cuisine Cash stays on the KU Card as long as a faculty or staff member is employed. KU Card holders with KU Cuisine Cash also receive 10% savings on Fridays at any KU Dining retail food court, restaurant, coffee shop or snack bar.

KU Dining is a division of the KU Memorial Unions. A not-for-profit service organization at the University of Kansas, the KU Memorial Unions provide services for the benefit of the University community.
For additional information on KU Dining Options: www.kudining.com. To sign up for the KU Cuisine Faculty/Staff Dining Plan online: www.kudining.com/facstaffplan.

Celiac Disease Education Week

     

      

      This week begins Celiac Disease Education Week at The Market in the Kansas Union and at Crimson Cafe in the Burge Union.  Each station at The Market (with the exception of Pizza Hut) is offering gluten free options to guests.  Keith Lake, manager of The Market, says describes this week as, "A week informing the KU community of Celiac Awareness, what it is and how to eat gluten free." "We are bringing up what our options are and where they are at."  Take a look at the eight gluten free options available at The Market:

• Boulevard Grill:
  • Gluten free hamburger and hot dog buns

• Quesarito:
  • Rice bowls, loaded nachos, hard-shell tacos, white corn chips and chile con queso.  Rice tortillas available upon request.

• Market Fresh:
  
  • Cookies and brownies, Larabars, Kind Bars, Mc D's soups, Annie Chun meals, Brother's all natural fruit crisps, Pop Chips and Good Food Chips.

• Brellas:
  • Gluten Free bread and rice tortillas available upon request.

• Garden Gourmet: 
  • Most items are gluten free and you can also ask for gluten free bread for your panini.

• Fresco! Cuisine:
  • Ask for gluten free options on the daily menu.

• Pulse
  • Freshens smoothies are gluten free.

• Sushi with Gusto
  • Ask the sushi chef for a custom gluten free sushi.

  

      Crimson Cafe will be featuring a special gluten free menu on Wednesday at The Carvery and The Market will feature Gluten friendly items on their Thanksgiving meal menu this week.  So come check it out this week and if you have any questions, ask! KU Dining Staff will be more than willing to help!

Kosher Coming to You

      Thanks to Keith Lake, Manager of the Market, Alicia Stultz, Assist. Director of Retail Dining and Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, their collaborative effort brought a much needed Kosher dining option for the campus community at The Market. Kosher hot dogs are now served every Wednesday from 11:30am-1:30pm at the Market in the Kansas Union, Level 3.

      Rabbi Zalman came to Lawrence a few years ago from New York City to oversee the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU.  In taking on this role, Zalman committed to the welfare of the university and Lawrence communities.  When students, faculty and staff expressed a need for Kosher food in the dining facilities, Zalman immediately approached Alecia Stultz and Alecia moved to Keith Lake, to see what they could do about it.  There was a clear need to satisfy the Jewish population on our campus.  With the already changing menu to accommodate for food allergies diets such as: gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan, it seemed like no better time to begin working on a kosher plan.  

      For almost two years Zalman, Stultz and her team worked to produce the most pure kosher hot dog cooking process possible.  Sysco, KU's food service, offers kosher hot dogs, but they weren't Glatt kosher.  Glatt kosher is kosher to the furthest extent.  The animal is thoroughly inspected and must be healthy and pure before going any further.  Rabbi Zalman is able to provide Glatt kosher hot dogs directly from the manufacturer. 
      The preparation and service of the hot dogs is completed by a Jewish KU student,  Joel Mann, on a hot dog roller specifically designated kosher.  This roller is wrapped and sealed each night by Joel to ensure its kosher integrity is not compromised.  If the seal is broken on the hot dog roller, serving utensils, or any of the kosher materials, they are is no longer of any use to the kosher concept.

      Must a person be Jewish to eat this hot dog? Not at all! Lake informed us that when he bit into his first kosher hot dog, thought to himself, "Wow! I can certainly taste the difference."  So stop by The Market and see for yourself what all this talk is about and don't forget to let us know what you think!





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